anchar Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Hi guys, I have just experienced something new.....I had a batch of C. nicaraguense born about 3 weeks ago and a new spawn has emerged today. I know that many Lamprologines exhibit this behaviour (ie. stagger their brood size) but I have never heard of it amongst American species. They are all swimming together without problems. Anyone else had a similar occurence? merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the cichlid kid Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 my nics used to do this also but no other american i have ever owned has exhibited this behaviour. Beau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_Gun_Riff Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 what do you meen by staggered broods. please explain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 i'd say merjo is talking about step (or staggered) breeding where you can have several generations of broods at once from the same parents. This occurs when the parents breed several times in a short amount of time (in merjo's case only 3 weeks). Anthony PS: If anyone can correct me, be my guest, i'm not sure if my understanding is entirely correct. I know i didn't entirely explain the process but i think that is the general gist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_Gun_Riff Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 oh i get it now i had a small idea of what it was but wasnt entirely sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.d.m Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 a while back my rd's spawned while there was fry in the tank, the fry eat all the eggs but the parents didnt try to stop them, just watched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I never got the pics up and running but green terror step breeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 Cheers Ducky, I must have missed that post. Both batches are doing well and there doesn't appear to be any signs of cannibilism. A friend of mine said her Jack Dempseys exhibited the same behaviour, so it seems that it is not as uncommon as I thought merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Mine went well. Parents kept them apart until they were a similar size. Well still noticeably different but not able to be predated on. But thats about when I fed them all off So I can't comment on long term or multi-generational step breeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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